Friday is opening night for the Square, the new North Beach restaurant and bar from chefs Matt McNamara and Teague Moriarty, who also own Michelin-starred Sons & Daughters and the more casual Sweet Woodruff.

We’ve mentioned the Square around these parts several times in the last few weeks (see background here and here), and tonight, it’s time to pop the cork and see if someone can break the streak of bad luck that has plagued the last half dozen restaurants that have tried to bring life to the former Washington Square Bar & Grill.

As you can see above, the new regime put some new polish on the space, and on the food side, the menu (below) brings a more approachable version of the same modern California cuisine mentality McNamara and Moriarty have displayed at their other restaurants, with a few more tavern-ish twists like a burger, steak and oysters.

Eight beers are on draft, including Paulaner, Drakes Blonde, Miller High Life, and Ballast Point Longfin Lager. Sons & Daughters Wine Director Amy Racine put together the 65-bottle wine list, and there is a full slate of cocktails on offer as well.

The menu is as follows. For now, hours are dinner on Wednesday through Sunday, 5pm-1am. Reservations are available on OpenTable, but a third of the 90 seats are reserved for walk-ins. And for those wondering about the 15 service charge — a charge more commonly seen on tasting menus, as opposed to more casual places — we’ll refer you to our prior post wherein Moriarty explained its impetus.